I have been trying to get Hobby-Net to work correctly with Synchronet 3.21e and I keep running into an issue. BINKPOLL seems to work fine but BINKOUT keeps appending “fidonet” to the DNS address and does not use the DNS name I have configured "phoenix.bnbbbs.net" in the BinkP/settings/host parameter or append @hobbynet.

What could I be doing wrong? I have FidoNet and DOVE-Net working perfectly but struggling with HobbyNet for some reason.

BINKPOLL:
 4/8  12:21:49p  BINKPOLL Running native timed event: ?binkit -p
  4/8  12:21:49p  BINKPOLL BinkIT/2.42 invoked with options: -p
  4/8  12:21:49p  BINKPOLL Attempting poll for node 954:100/1@hobbynet
  4/8  12:21:49p  BINKPOLL JSBinkP/4 callout to 954:100/1@hobbynet started   4/8  12:21:49p  BINKPOLL Connecting to 954:100/1@hobbynet at phoenix.bnbbbs.net:24554
  4/8  12:21:49p  BINKPOLL Peer version: binkd/1.1a-115/OS2
  4/8  12:21:49p  BINKPOLL Authentication successful: non-secure
  4/8  12:21:50p  BINKPOLL Timed event: '?binkit -p' returned 0
 
BINKOUT:
4/8  12:23:14p  BINKOUT Running native timed event: ?binkit
  4/8  12:23:14p  BINKOUT BinkIT/2.42 invoked with options:
  4/8  12:23:14p  BINKOUT Attempting callout for 954:100/1, file: C:\SBBS\fido\outbound.3ba\00640001.out
  4/8  12:23:14p  BINKOUT JSBinkP/4 callout to 954:100/1 started
  4/8  12:23:14p  BINKOUT Connecting to 954:100/1@fidonet at f1.n100.z954.binkp.net:24554
  4/8  12:23:14p  BINKOUT Connection to f1.n100.z954.binkp.net:24554 failed (Error: No such host is known. ).
  4/8  12:23:14p  BINKOUT Timed event: '?binkit' returned 0
 
-Thanks!
Brian
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Re: Hobby-Net Setup
By: BiggieB to all on Wed Apr 08 2026 12:40 pm

I have been trying to get Hobby-Net to work correctly with Synchronet 3.21e and I keep running into an issue. BINKPOLL seems to work fine but BINKOUT keeps appending "fidonet" to the DNS address and does not use the DNS name I have configured "phoenix.bnbbbs.net" in the BinkP/settings/host parameter or append @hobbynet.

What could I be doing wrong? I have FidoNet and DOVE-Net working perfectly but struggling with HobbyNet for some reason.

Take a look at your ctrl/sbbsecho.ini file. My guess is you have an @domain specified for the other othernets, but not HobbyNet.
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That was it! Thanks a bunch :)

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